Explore Snippy through 5 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Snippy in a sentence
Snippy meaning
- Fragmentary; snipped.
- Irritable; impatient; short-tempered; often, in a condescending way.
- Stingy.
Using Snippy
- The main meaning on this page is: Fragmentary; snipped. | Irritable; impatient; short-tempered; often, in a condescending way. | Stingy.
- In the example corpus, snippy often appears in combinations such as: snippy with.
Context around Snippy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Snippy
- In this selection, "snippy" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, get, seriously, got and email stand out and add context to how "snippy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a snippy email i and got seriously snippy with a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "snippy" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with snippy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Things got snippy in the second half Thursday night. (9 words)
In the O.R., Maggie got seriously snippy with a chatty Teddy. (12 words)
Being rude to us or snippy to us is not going to make us go any faster. (17 words)
A snippy email I sent to an American last week hinged on the word “unideal”, a neutral term to American ears, but to a Brit, clearly, signifying a curse on you and your family for a thousand years. (38 words)
And maybe those of us who are doing fine loan-wise should also keep it in mind when the urge to get snippy with opposing counsel inevitably bubbles up. (29 words)
Being rude to us or snippy to us is not going to make us go any faster. (17 words)
Example sentences (5)
Being rude to us or snippy to us is not going to make us go any faster.
A snippy email I sent to an American last week hinged on the word “unideal”, a neutral term to American ears, but to a Brit, clearly, signifying a curse on you and your family for a thousand years.
And maybe those of us who are doing fine loan-wise should also keep it in mind when the urge to get snippy with opposing counsel inevitably bubbles up.
In the O.R., Maggie got seriously snippy with a chatty Teddy.
Things got snippy in the second half Thursday night.
Common combinations with snippy
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: